Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World /

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"Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World builds on an earlier Russell Sage Foundation study (Low-Wage America) to compare the plight of low-wage workers in the United States to five European countries - Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom - where wage supports, worker p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Schmitt, John, Gautie, Jerôme
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Labor market.
Manpower policy.
Minimum wage.
Wages.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Low pay, working conditions, and living standards / Geoff Mason and Wiemer Salverda
  • Industrial relations, legal regulations, and wage setting / Gerhard Bosch, Ken Mayhew, and Jerôme Gautie
  • The impact of institutions on the supply side of the low-wage labor market / Jerôme Gautie ... [et al.]
  • Institutions, firms, and the quality of jobs in low-wage labor markets / Eileen Appelbaum
  • Retail jobs in comparative perspective / Françoise Carre ... [et al.]
  • Working at the wage floor : hotel room attendants and labor market institutions in Europe and the United States / Achim Vanselow ... [et al.]
  • Cleaning and nursing in hospitals : institutional variety and the reshaping of low-wage jobs / Philippe Mehaut ... [et al.]
  • Tough meat, hard candy : implications for low-wage work in the food-processing industry / Klaus G. Grunert, Susan James, and Phillip Moss
  • Restructuring customer service : labor market institutions and call center workers in Europe and the United States / Caroline Lloyd, Claudia Weinkopf, and Rosemary Batt.

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